There's no doubt that the camera in your pocket can help you get physically closer to a story — smartphones are both small and light, enabling journalists to shoot video and photographs in small places where larger pieces of technology or camera crews may have struggled in the past.
But Geertje Algera, mobile journalist and trainer at Geertje Algera Media, explained that working with smartphones as opposed to bigger cameras can actually help reporters to better tell stories and engage with audiences.
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